I think good books have to make a few people angry.

I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

It wasn't about believing this or that, it wasn't even about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the strength to bear the discomfort that came with being in the world.

And it occurred to him that there were two parts to being a better person. One part was thinking about other people. The other part was not giving a toss what other people thought.

I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

Everyone has learning difficulties, because learning to speak French or understanding relativity is difficult.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

You love someone, you've got to let something go.

For me, disability is a way of getting some extremity, some kind of very difficult situation, that throws an interesting light on people.

From a good book, I want to be taken to the very edge. I want a glimpse into that outer darkness.

Even though friends say they are interested in your life, they never really want to talk about you as much as you want them to. (68)

We're only happy--truly happy--when it's forever after, but only children live in a world where things can last forever.

He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.

When I talk about sad things, I talk about sad things.

In my tradition, one must wait until one has learned a lot of Bible and Talmud and the Prophets to handle mysticism. This isn't instant coffee. There is no instant mysticism.

This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts.

Believe it or not, I even love the editing stage. It's something that apparently comes naturally to me.

The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.

I am he / Who champions total liberty - / Intolerance being, ma'am, a state / No tolerant man can tolerate.

Sometimes if you have financial restraints, it's a benefit. It forces you to come up with a more creative way.